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2013 Agvocacy 2.0 Conference Applications Open May 1st

Get your application in today!Be a part of the conversation with the agriculture’s best and brightest in social media.Apply now!

You Are About to Start a Journey.This year will be the best Agvocacy 2.0 conference yet! Keynote speaker Jay Baer,Convince and Convert, will open the conference with his address “YOUTILITY: Smart Marketing is about Help not Hype”. Throughout the conference attendees will be able to choose breakout sessions to help them improve their strategy and usage of social media tools to tell their farm or ranch story.

Presentations on the latest message and marketing strategy in agriculture, question and answer panels with chefs, registered dietitians and bloggers, along with how to manage your time, working idea sharing sessions and networking opportunities will round out the conference.

And for the close of the conference Laura Daniels, dairy farmer from Wisconsin, will share her motivational program on how we in agriculture need to be the Hitch-Pins for our industry.

When and where does this journey start? August 22 – 23, 2013 at the Embassy Suites in Charlotte, North Carolina is when and where you will be able to connect with Agvocacy 2.0 alumni and presenters. This event is your opportunity to discover and bring home some new ways to tell your farm or ranch story.

How do you sign up? Up to 75 people representing all sectors of agriculture will be invited to participate, with priority given to farmers and ranchers. Agvocacy 2.0 was completely sold out in both 2011 and 2012, so interested applicants should apply early. Selected attendees will be required to pay a $375 registration fee. Travel and lodging is not included in the conference fee.